Category: Practicalities
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EVERYONE Can Do Something
None of us can do everything that is needed. But… EVERYONE can do something.
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Better Questions: “How Can I Connect With This Kid?”
It’s easy to focus on outward behavior. After all, how can you do any growing, and real teaching or helping or coaching without some basic discipline? But… is it possible we have misunderstood what that whole “discipline” concept really is?
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Better Questions: “What Is The Need Behind This Behavior?”
So much of the time, especially in working with kids with trauma in their stories, we see behavior that is, at least on the surface, troublesome or problematic. It can change the whole situation if we learn to ask a better question. What is the need behind this behavior?
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Better Questions: “How Can I Share My Calm In Their Storm?”
How often have we uttered the most useless question: “would you please calm down?” Has anyone in the history of the world ever actually calmed down when asked to calm down?
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Better Questions: “Why Would This Make Sense?”
If we would care well for people (particularly kids) with trauma in their stories, we have to learn to ask this crucial question—why would the response or reaction we are witnessing make sense? It might be the beginning of helping them to a better, less fearful life by opening the door for our compassionate, gracious…
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6 Ways to Pray for a Foster Mom Today
by Mike Peercy, Executive Director of Fostering Grace If you know a foster mom, then you know a person who is determined to make a difference. Here are just six suggestions for how you can pray for her today: 1 – Pray that she will LEARN TO LEAN on others. Let’s be real. Most of…
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4 Ways to Pray for a Foster Dad
This weekend is Father’s Day! We want to offer a way to pray for a unique set of dads – those who step in to make a difference for kids from hard places.
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5 Ways You Can Pray for a Kid in Foster Care Today
If you don’t know of a particular kid in foster care that you can pray for today, pray anyway and trust that God will know which of these precious souls need it uniquely today.
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